Take control of your hormones and feel happier and healthier, with this practical guide to re-balancing your body and getting your life back on track____________Hormones play a crucial role in our health and well-being, yet few of us understand the toll they take on our bodies when we don't achieve a balance.Whether you're riding the roller coasters of puberty, pregnancy or the menopause, we're all a slave to our hormones at some point in our lives, and they can leave you feeling tired, low and irritable.In It Must Be My Hormones, leading specialists in women's health Dr Marion Gluck and nutritionist Vicki Edgson, show you the role that each of our major hormones plays, how a deficiency can affect our well-being, and what we can do to restore the balance.In this book you'll discover: · How to keep the weight off with thyroid boosting mega-foods · Vitamins which work wonders for your skin· How herbs and spices can give you a caffeine-free energy kick · Which aromatherapy herbs are actually beneficial · Ways to improve cognitive function through mineral supplements From boosting fertility to easing symptoms of PMS, this practical, easy-to-implement guidance will restore mental and physical well-being. Filled with inspiring personal stories, nutritional suggestions and advice on bio-identical hormone therapy, this book will help you regain control of your hormones and your life.

It Must Be My Hormones: A Practical Guide to Re-balancing your Body and Getting your Life Back on Track

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Gluck, Marion

Edgson, Vicki

Special Diet

Michael, Joseph

Improve your overall health by healing your digestive system with a sensible approach to food and 100 satisfying recipes. Created for the Grayshott Spa, renowned for its holistic approach to well-being, the Grayshott Plan focuses on digestive health as a route to true health. In Good Gut, Great Health, you will learn to use the Grayshott Plan to boost your energy and rebalance weight safely through a nutrient-rich diet that will give you everything you need to face the demands of modern life. The Plan dispels the misguided notion of "detoxifying" through spartan, punitive regimes and instead focuses on regaining good health by eating the right foods to aid the body's natural detoxification. The Plan recommends quality grass-fed red meats, fish, eggs, fermented foods, butter, avocado, and organic vegetables. This is not a plan of privation but a sensible, satisfying, science-based program that brings you back to feeling great. The first section introduces the Plan and provides information and meal plans for a short-term course to rest and repair your digestive tract. The Post-Plan information shows you more foods to introduce to your diet and keep your gut healthy. The recipe section contains various delicious meals split into breakfasts, soups, main meals, vegetable sides, salads, and special occasions and includes satisfying and nourishing meals like: <ul> <li>Baked eggs with tomatoes, peppers, and chorizo</li> <li>Porchetta with plum and fig chutney</li> <li>Grilled sole fillets marinated in ginger and tangerine</li> <li>Crayfish cakes with coconut and mango, and many more</li> </ul> With a hundred different options and customizable diet schedule templates to ensure your success on the Plan, Good Gut, Great Health is the perfect book to start you on your journey to a more natural, healthy diet. Combining science and efficacy to fit the hectic schedule of modern life, the Grayshott Plan is almost too good to be true!

Good Gut, Great Health: The Full Guide to Optimizing Your Energy and Vitality

Palmer, Adam

Cooking by Ingredient

Chartwell Books

Focused on balancing the body's pH content, Eating the Alkaline Way is both a cookbook and a lifestyle guide that promotes healthy living. Written by organic gourmet vegetarian cook Natasha Corrett and leading nutritional therapist Vicki Edgson, it's packed with recipes, tips, and tricks for tracking daily alkaline and acid intake. They clearly explain the principles and benefits of keeping a balanced diet, the role played by vitamins, carbs, andd protein; how to identify alkalizing and acid-forming food; and how an alkaline diet nourishes the body without stressing the digestive system. Flavorful recipes cover everything from a morning smoothie to salads, entrees, and even a good-night snack!

Eating the Alkaline Way: Recipes for a Well-Balanced Honestly Healthy Lifestyle

Corrett, Natasha

Union Square & Co.

Hot on the heels of the hugely successful Eating the Alkaline Way, Natasha Corrett and Vicki Edgson expand on the principles of alkaline eating. Their guide for an Honestly Healthy lifestyle features at-a-glance charts with alkaline ratings for common foods; advice on creating an alkaline-based pantry; information on equipment and cooking methods; and a fresh list of resources. More than 100 recipes are organized by event, from Garden Parties to Breakfast in Bed, Lunch on the Go, and Dinner for Two. You'll find more than 100 inspirational and accessible recipes to fit any occasion.

Honestly Healthy for Life: Eating the Alkaline Way Every Day

The best-selling "Food Doctor" (a leading clinical nutritionist) invites parents to become experts on kids' health and nutrition. With her menu-planning wisdom, you'll turn the kitchen table into a fun place for your children, and also promote high energy, brain growth, strong bodies, weight control, and immunity from disease. Delicious recipes, including vegetarian dishes that will actually get a hearty thumbs-up from kids, focus on youngsters' nutritional needs from birth to adolescence. Concerned parents will find abundant practical tips for handling eating problems; advice on food allergies and intolerances; solutions for behavioral problems linked to food, such as hyperactivity; and ideas for helping overweight or underweight youngsters. You'll even find out what to do when your child refuses a particular healthy food (or won't eat at all). And in addition to the tempting, varied recipes for main meals, the Food Doctor reveals some sweet and "sneaky" ways to get vitamins and minerals into snacks and desserts.

The Food Doctor for Babies & Children: Nutritious Food for Healthy Development

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Nutrition

COLLINS BROWN

Now fully revised and updated, this edition of the ever-popular guide to eating well has all the latest research, new and inspiring recipes, and an entire chapter on eating for one’s individual metabolic body type and lifestyle. Written by two nutritionists, the pages are packed with nutrition advice, case studies, and food “cures.” Find simple foods with amazing healing properties; check out the definitive list of the top 100 foods for health, vitality and happiness.

The Food Doctor - Fully Revised and Updated: Healing Foods for Mind and Body

Marber, Ian

Trained nutritionist Vicki Edgson and experienced food writer Heather Thomas set out the origins, nutritional make-up and health benefits of 20 seed varieties before exploring their diverse and delicious culinary uses. With more than 50 recipes that demonstrate the amazing versatility of these small, nutrient-packed ingredients, Amazing Edible Seeds offers numerous ways to enjoy seeds, from sprinkling them over salads or your breakfast bowl, to the more unexpected and adventurous applications to stews, risottos and desserts. The comprehensive list of seeds in the book includes caraway, coriander, hemp, mustard, alfalfa, cardamom, cumin, fenugreek, nigella, pomegranate, vanilla, fennel, poppy, pumpkin, sunflower, buckwheat, chia, flaxseed, quinoa and sesame, all of which are split into specific seeds groups. The recipes in this book are bursting with flavour and colour, and international in their origins and appeal. There are traditional dishes and old favourites as well as innovative ideas that reflect current food trends. Suggested alternative combinations will inspire you to experiment further, and cater for plant-protein purists as well as those with wider-ranging appetites.

Amazing Edible Seeds: Health-boosting and delicious recipes using nature's nutritional powerhouse

Thomas, Heather

Cooking Methods

Jacqui Small

Improve your physical health, as well as your energy, mood, and stress levels by eating the right foods. Written by two nutritionists and featuring case studies, delicious recipes, and easy-to-follow eating plans to suit every lifestyle, this practical guide will help improve your life by taking advantage of the health benefits of simple foods. Learn how to eat to balance everyday highs and lows and avoid cravings for sweets. Find which foods increase memory and concentration, enhance sleep, and encourage relaxation. Follow the recipes to make an energy-boosting office lunch, a midnight feast to beat morning depression, and more. Uncover the links between common illnesses and ailments and certain foods, and find out what to eat to aid circulation, lower blood pressure, alleviate arthritis and rheumatism, help digestive problems, build up the immune system, and help prevent cancer. By incorporating these food "cures" into your life, you can be healthier and happier than ever before. Bonus: a chart of the hundred most important healing foods. A Main Selection of the Spirit Book Club. 160 pages (all in color), 7 3/4 x 10 1/4.

The Food Doctor: Healing Foods For Mind & Body

Sterling

The best-selling authors of The Food Doctor have returned-and they're getting in bed with you, revealing the secrets to sizzling sex and soothing sleep. Through food, herbs, and nutrients, boost your libido and fertility; overcome problems such as erectile dysfunction; and plan a hot weekend. Handle those troublesome sleep issues, including insomnia, snoring, and apnea. Finally, find delicious recipes and nutrition plans for sexy or sleepy meals. From strawberries and oysters to almonds and prawns, get the most out of your bedtime!

In Bed With The Food Doctor: How to Eat Your Way to Better Sex and Sleep

Self-Help

A clear explanation of alkalizing foods and their healing and preventative properties by a gourmet cook and a nutritional therapist
Organic gourmet vegetarian cook Natasha Corrett and leading nutritional therapist Vicki Edgson combine their expertise in this fully illustrated guide to eating a balanced alkaline diet that keeps the body in mind. They clearly explain the principles and benefits of this kind of eating, identifying both alkalizing and acid-forming foods, and offering the modern cook a host of flavorful, easy-to-prepare recipes recommended for different times of the day and different stages of life. The first section deals with the basics: the principles of healthy eating; the sources of and role played by vitamins, carbohydrates, and protein; the identification of alkalizing and acid-forming foods; and the ways in which an alkaline diet can nourish the body without placing the digestive system under strain. Readers will learn how to boost their immune systems, increase energy levels, maintain blood sugar levels, and focus the mind through healthy eating. The second section features 100 mouthwatering recipes, from the first smoothie of the morning through delicious salads and mains to the last healthy snack of the day. Each recipe illustrates just how easy it is to prepare delicious and nutritious food that will make you feel great. Includes dual measures.

Honestly Healthy: Eat With Your Body in Mind, the Alkaline Way

Aurum Pr Ltd

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